COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
1. Talk about nationalities and occupations; introduce yourself and
others.
2. Talk about a nearby object and its owner; ask for telephone numbers.
3. Talk about the times of meetings and parties; ask the hours of
services in stores and hotels.
4. Ask the prices of items in a store and make a purchase.
5. Ask what the size, color, and country of origin of an item is, and
buy them; buy items telling the clerk how many you need.
6. Talk about where you will go, when, and with whom.
7. Talk about traveling destinations, places and people to visit, dates
and times, and means of transportation.
8. Talk about tourist destinations; describe what is inside a building.
9. Talk about numbers of things or people that exist in a particular
place; talk about the whereabouts of things and people.
10. Talk about everyday doings--what you will do, when and where.

EVALUATION
1. One final exam (2.5 hours).
2. Upon successful completion (80% or higher attendance rate
and 80% or higher final exam score) of the course, a STUDENT
PROGRESS REPORT will be written if requested at the time
you
take the final exam.
3. Your final exam score (%) and attendance (%) will be kept in a
digitized
form @STUDENT
GRADES AND INFORMATION REPOSITORY.

TEACHING STYLE
The instructor will create a relaxed, low-anxiety atmosphere through
which you can acquire the previously mentioned course objectives with
less
effort and with ease. The instructor will use an eclectic teaching
method.

PROCEDURES
1. The instructor will follow the CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule.
2. In class, student and teacher (and student and student) will engage
in interactive language activities, a variety of exercises, using
Japanese
as much as possible. The instructor, however, will use some mechanical
and meaningful drills, when necessary, to develop your kinetic memory
for
the training of the perceptual motor skills.
3. Students will reinforce and develop vocabulary, structure,
listening,
and conversational skills through weekly assignments.
4. The class, however, may be conducted in accordance with the needs
of the students in class within the course objectives.

CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule

Week 1. Introduction and orientation and Lesson 1

Week 2. Lesson 2

Week 3. Lesson 3

Week 4. Lesson 4

Week 5. Lesson 5

Week 6. Lesson 6

Week 7. Lesson 7

Week 8. Lesson 8

Week 9. Lesson 9

Week 10. FINAL EXAM

Week 11. Lesson 10. Last Day of Class.

*Weekly assignments on specific dates will be
available
from your instructor in class.

PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected to listen to the audio cassette tapes, memorize
new words, read the grammar explanation in the textbook and to complete
all assignments before coming to class.
2. From time to time short quizzes may be given in class.
3. Please be on time for class; otherwise, you interrupt the lesson
for others. Regular class attendance and participation are essential
for
language learning.
4. Excessive absences (more than 3 class meetings) may be cause for
repetition of the course.
5. The results of your final exam (%) and attendance (%) will be kept
in a digitized form @STUDENT
GRADES AND INFORMATION REPOSITORY. Your PROGRESS REPORT
will
be kept in the Soko Gakuen Records Office, and the Office will release
it only upon your request.
6. When you obtain a score of 80% or higher on the final exam, you
move up to a higher level class. Soko Gakuen's exit criteria for each
class/level
are based on the 1987 ACTFL
Japanese Language
Proficiency
Guidelines.

POLICY ON FINAL EXAM
There will be NO MAKE-UP FINAL for this course.

ALL THE ENDEAVORS OF THE TEACHER WILL FAIL TO INSURE
SUCCESSUNLESS YOU PREPAREWITH DILIGENCE AND CONSTANCY THE
EXERCISES
TO BE GIVEN IN CLASS.